> first of all what version of TDE are you using?
I'm on R14.0.9 PSB.

> There were various issues in KMix up to R14.0.8 and what you described is not so unfamiliar to
> me.
Yes, I reported at least one bug related to KMix. Thanks to the fixes that were pushed to R14.0.9 
a few weeks ago all the PulseAudio-KMix interaction issues on my laptop have been resolved. Now 
I'm configuring a new desktop PC and have run into problems I described in my previous email. I 
have some ideas for debugging and a potential workaround, but I need to find the time to see 
whether any of my ideas actually work. I think my biggest concern right now is that if I 
uninstall PulseAudio I don't get any sound at all (e.g. Amarok complains no output was detected, 
as if ALSA was not available) - this is weird and something I have not run into in the past.

Janek